Clinical significance of histological grading and staging for predicting the effectiveness of steroid therapy in IgA nephropathy

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-250

  Honda, Kazuho ^a   Nitta, Kosaku ^a   Kobayashi, Hideo ^a   Uchida, Keiko ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Horita, Shigeru ^a   Yumura, Wako ^a   Nihei, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracapillary lesion; Histological grading and staging; IgA nephropathy; Interstitial inflammation; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033783157     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101570070029     Document Type: Article

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